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Effective Medical Waste Management for Sustainable Green Healthcare

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  • Sang M. Lee

    (College of Business, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA)

  • DonHee Lee

    (College of Business Administration, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea)

Abstract

This study examines the importance of medical waste management activities for developing a sustainable green healthcare environment. This study applied a multiple methodological approach as follows. A thorough review of the literature was performed to delineate the factors that have been explored for reducing medical waste; hospital staff who handle medical waste were surveyed to obtain their opinions on these factors; the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to determine the priorities among the identified key factors; and experts’ opinions were consulted to assess the actual applicability of the results derived by the AHP. The study identified the following factors as the most important: medical waste management (26.6%), operational management issues (21.7%), training for medical waste management procedures (17.8%), raising awareness (17.5%), and environmental assessment (16.4%). This study analyzed the contributing factors to the generation of medical waste based on the data collected from medical staff and the AHP for developing a sustainable green healthcare environment. The study results provide theoretical and practical implications for implementing effective medical waste management toward a sustainable green healthcare environment.

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  • Sang M. Lee & DonHee Lee, 2022. "Effective Medical Waste Management for Sustainable Green Healthcare," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-17, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:14820-:d:969361
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    1. Sang M. Lee & DonHee Lee, 2022. "Developing Green Healthcare Activities in the Total Quality Management Framework," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-20, May.
    2. Vikas Thakur & Sachin Kumar Mangla & Binita Tiwari, 2021. "Managing healthcare waste for sustainable environmental development: A hybrid decision approach," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 357-373, January.
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